Assignment 1 – of 3 @ 5%

• Are the media stakeholders in Safety?
• What roles does the media play?
• What OHS issues seem to be garnering the most attention?
• Include the article

Assignment 2 – of 3 @ 5%

1. Ergonomic factors
2. Human factors
3. Situational factors
4. Environmental factors

• Chapter 1 Notes - Click Here
• Workplace Injusry Statistics for NL - WorkSafeNl Click Here
• Young Workers and OHS
• Canadian Centre for OHS
• The Safety Calculator

• Books/Resources
  • Dying Hard Industrial Carnage in St. Lawrence, Newfoundland - Elliott Leyton
  • Loss of the Ocean Ranger - Report blames Training and Equipment(CBC Archives)
  • Dire Straits - Industrial Disease
  • Westray - https://www.nfb.ca/film/westray
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• Chapter 2 Notes -
  

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• Occupational Health and Safety Legislation - Federal - Provincial
• Workplace Hazardous materials Information System -
  • WHMIS
  • Workplace BC video on WHMIS - Making WHMIS Work
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• Chapter 3 Notes - Click Here
• NL Workplace Health and Safety Commission
• Workplace OHS Committees in NL
• Association of Canadian Workers Compensation Boards
• Human Resources Canada - Workers Compensation

• Part 1 - 20 Fill-in type questions @ 20% (with attached word list)
• Part 2 – 30 Multiple Choice @ 30%
• Part 3 - 4 Short Answer question @ 12.5% each taken from the following pool of questions:

• History of OHS in Canada
• Major goal(s) of OHS in Canada
• Key Stakeholders in OHS
• Role of Human resource Professionals in OHS
• The Three E’s of OHS
• Key Elements of OHS systems
• Duties and responsibilities of major players in OHS
• WHMIS – purpose, Labels, MSDS, Training
• Goals and methods of Workers Compensation Boards
• Social goals of workers compensation
• Assessment/determination of premium rates for works compensation

• The human ear can only hear a certain range of sounds. Sounds may fall below a threshold of hearing and not be heard or above a frequency that cannot be heard.
• There are three types of effects that come from exposure to noise:
  • Physiological - through conductive and senatorial hearing loss;
  • Sociological: Affects the body, nervous system, digestive system;
  • Psychological - affects us psychologically
• Governments have implements noise exposure standards
• Noise can be controlled in three ways:
  • 1) Reduce the noise at the source
  • 2) Move the worker away from the source
  • 3) use noise protection PPE

• Vibrations are a health hazard for three reasons: It can cause whole body vibration, segmental vibration and it can cause noise.
• Vibration can be either low or high frequency
• Health effects of vibration: affects muscles, affects vision, alters brain electrical activity

• Three methods of heat transfer:
  • Conduction - two surfaces are in contact,
  • Convection - one surface adds heat to surroundings and
  • Radiation - energy transferred through electromagnetic energy.
    • Ionizing radiation - any form of radiation that produces ions (nuclear energy - can have serious effects on the body)
    • Non-ionizing radiation - any form of radiation that is lower power (isolation, and PPE can protect)

• Chemical agents are hazards that are created by the one or any combination of a chemicals and their reactions
• Biological agents are hazards are biological (living - mold, fungus etc.)
• 80% of all Occupational illnesses are caused by chemicals
• The level of hazard is measured by its Toxicity
• There are 4 routes of entry into the body
  • Respirations (nose)
  • Skin
  • Ingestion (mouth)
  • Penetration (cut)

• Acute Stressors - these stressors have a specific start time, are high intensity, are typically short in duration and are relatively rare. e.g.: a fire in the workplace, a job interview, a performance review.
• Chronic Stressors - no specific start date, no certain end, may be short or long in duration, repeats frequently. e.g.: Fear of job loss
• Daily Stressors - These have specific onsets, short in duration, low in intensity. e.g.: jammed photocopier
• Catastrophic Stressors - a disaster with direct threat of loss of life. These are very rare but have a specific onset and are intense. e.g.: terrorist attack, earthquake

• Workload
• Work pace
• Role conflict
• Career concerns
• Interpersonal relationships
• Job Content and control over that content

• Psychological Strain
• Physical Strain
• Behavioural Strain
• Organizational Strain

• Workplace Violence
• Sexual Harassment
• Injustice at work
• Technology

1. Hazard
2. Event
3. Incident
4. Accident
5. Injury (direct, Indirect, Acute Trama, Cronic Trama)
6. Repetititive strain injury

1. Overt/tramatic injuries
2. Over Exertion Injuries
3. Repetitive Strain Injury
4. Awkward work positions

1. Ergonomic factors
2. Human factors
3. Situational factors
4. Environmental factors

1. Geographical information
2. Task and Job identy
3. Task analysis
4. Reports and audits
5. Hazard analysis
6. Risk Assessment = Probability of event x consequences of event x amount of exposure
7. Follow up

• Hazard Control refers to the program or processes used to establish preventative and corrective measures as the final stage of hazard recognition, assessment and control (RAC).
• Goal: eliminate, reduce and control hazards.
• Occurs at three levels: Pre-contact – Contact – Post-contact

• Tool Design
• Substitution
• Workspace design – layout, displays, seating, lighting,
• Process modification
• Isolation/segregation
• Purchasing
• Machine Guarding

• This control manages the management involvement, training of employees, rotation of employees, environmental sampling and medical surveillance to protect individuals.
• Safety Awareness – visible reminders, special events
• Awards and Incentives
• Housekeeping
• Preventative Maintenance – PM, Work Permits, Lockout procedures, Confined space,

• Contact control – suppressions, barriers, modifications, substitution, isolation
• Post-contact control – emergency response, lockout, authorized people only, disposition, Joint HS committee, accident reporting, communicate, Source-path-human
• Record Keeping

• Interventions are categorized into:Engineering interventions; Administrative interventions & Behavioral interventions
• Prefered: Engineering - eliminate

• Proper use of Hazard control
• Development of safe work habits
• Increased awareness & recognition of safe work habits
• PPE use
• Maintenance
• Hygiene
• Proper emergency response
• Self monitoring

• KSAs
• Motivation
• Opportunity
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• Define Emergency
• Emergency Preparedness Protocols
• Emergency Planing

1. Determine direct causes
2. indentifies contibuting causes
3. Seeks to prevent similar accidents
4. Creates a permament record
5. Determines cost (not just monetary costs)
6. Promotes safety

• Critical Factors - Timing, Severity, & Legal
• Three things to Consider:
• Human Factors-
• Situational Factors
• Environmental Factors

1. Observation & Walk-troughs
2. Interviews
3. Re enactments

• Photos
• Drawings
• Computers
• Records

1. Domino Theory
2. The Swiss Cheese Model
3. Normal Accidents
4. Cognitive Failures